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Ltd BLF
in partnership with Safaricom through
the “Safaricom Blood for life Drive,”
Campaign. This campaign began in February
2006 and was mainly aimed at increasing
the number of units of blood collected
during the months of April, August
and December when high schools are
closed by bringing on board adult
donors through awareness creation
and education . The partnership with
Safaricom " Safaricom Blood For Life
Drive" concluded in December 2006.
The nation - wide blood donation campaign
collected over 7,000 units. Safaricom
Ltd won the Association of Donor Recruitment
Professionals Organisation (ARDP)
awards nominated by Bloodlink Foundation
for the “Safaricom Blood for Life
Drive” campaign. This year (2008)
Safaricom co-sponsored the World Blood
Donor Day together with other sponsors
of the event. There will be two other
blood drives sponsored by Safaricom.
The first drive will be held in Kisumu
in August and the other in Nairobi
in October.
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Global
Blood Fund
Oklahoma Blood Institute
through the Global Blood Fund assists
selected donor centres around the
world by providing them with the equipment
and expertise they need.
Bloodlink Foundation
is the Global Blood Fund's first donor
centre. The Blobal Blood Fund seeks
to aid Bloodlink Foundation acquire
portable donor beds, digital blood
pressure machines, hemocue HB digital
machines, digital weight scales, laptops
for field use and recruitment, and
projectors for donor recruitment.
Global Blood Fund has found a way
to give globally to developing blood
centres. Blood donors in Oklahoma
have an option of forgoing donor incentives
such as T-shirts, cofee mugs or backpacks,
in favour of having the institute
contribute an equitable amount to
the developing blood centres through
the Global Blood Fund.The money will
help blood centres in developing countries
gain equipment and expertise to ensure
their own safe, local blood supply.The
Oklahoma Blood Institute hopes to
raise 10,000 US Dollars in the first
year of the program.
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